Mid-19th Century |
Cancer research made great progress through microscopic observation by cellular pathologists such as Virchow.
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1911 |
Discovery of the Oncogene (Rous)
Based on research on chicken sarcoma, Rous proposed the cancer virus theory, but it was ignored for many years.
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1966 |
Fifty-five years after his discovery, Rous received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (at age 87, the oldest recipient on record).
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1970s |
With the development of genetic engineering, it became clear that the virus contained oncogenes.
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1976 |
Bishop and his colleagues discovered that the oncogene found in chickens exists in all cells, including those of humans.
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1928 |
Discovery of the Tumor Suppressor Gene (Gordon)
This discovery originated from research on tropical fish.
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